Jacques Derrida Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Jacques Derrida

Born	Jackie Élie Derrida (1930-07-15)July 15, 1930 El Biar, French Algeria
Died	October 9, 2004(2004-10-09) (aged 74) Paris, France
Education	B.A., M.A., Dr. cand.: École Normale Supérieure Postgraduate studies: Harvard University DrE: University of Paris
Spouse(s)	Marguerite Aucouturier (m. 1957⁠–⁠2004)

Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Post-structuralism Deconstruction Radical hermeneutics
Institutions	University of Paris École Normale Supérieure École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Collège international de philosophie European Graduate School University of California, Irvine
Notable ideas	Deconstruction différance phallogocentrism free play arche-writing metaphysics of presence invagination pharmakon trace hauntology sous rature khôra
Influences Plato Joyce Nietzsche De Saussure Heidegger Benjamin Levinas Freud Husserl Rousseau Marx Lévi-Strauss Blanchot Kierkegaard Hegel Genet Kafka
Influenced Jean-Luc Nancy Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Paul de Man Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe Maebh Long Geoffrey Hartman John D. Caputo James KA Smith Judith Butler Catherine Malabou Bernard Stiegler Béatrice Galinon-Mélénec Peter Rollins Richard Rorty

Jacques Derrida (15 July 1930 - 9 October 2004) was a French philosopher. He was born in El Biar, French Algeria into a Sephardic Jewish family originally from Toledo, Spain. He developed a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction. His work is called post-structualism and associated with postmodern philosophy.

During his career Derrida published more than 40 books, together with hundreds of essays and public presentations. He had a significant influence upon the humanities and social sciences, including philosophy, literature, law, anthropology, historiography, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psychoanalysis and political theory.

Derrida died of pancreatic cancer in a Paris hospital on October 9, 2004. He was 74 years old.

Jacques Derrida facts for kids